New York mask mandate in limbo before appeals court
The state was granted a stay by Appellate Court Judge Robert Miller, keeping Hochul’s mask mandate in place while the appeal process continues.
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The state was granted a stay by Appellate Court Judge Robert Miller, keeping Hochul’s mask mandate in place while the appeal process continues.
The state appealed a Monday court ruling striking down the mandate.
A New York appeals judge left the state’s indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration appeals a lower court’s decision to overturn it.
State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker said in his decision that the state Department of Health didn't have the legal authority to implement the mandate.
With New York’s public indoor mask mandate being debated in court, Governor Kathy Hochul is urging people to continue wearing masks as COVID-19 infection rates fall from peaks earlier this month. The mandate remains in effect after a state Appellate Court Tuesday afternoon issued a stay on a judge’s decision Monday that the state Health Department didn’t have the authority to implement the mandate and that it was up to the state Legislature.